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Post by Catscratch on Sept 15, 2020 18:51:29 GMT -6
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Post by mnfish on Sept 15, 2020 19:16:10 GMT -6
Good lord! They are everywhere and daylight pics to boot. Very cool
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 15, 2020 19:17:08 GMT -6
Your address is??
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 15, 2020 20:39:54 GMT -6
#Kansas
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 16, 2020 2:52:22 GMT -6
If I get a glance of two bucks like that in a fall, it is a good year!
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Post by Freeborn on Sept 16, 2020 5:16:36 GMT -6
Great pictures cat, nice bachelor group.
Looks like you have allot of great opportunities.
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 16, 2020 5:59:37 GMT -6
I've been blown away by their bodies this year. I've seen a steady increase in what I would call a "healthy looking" buck over the last couple of years, but this year I have several on the place that look great per my standards. I would like to think it's due to all the efforts I've put into filling the nutrition gaps and mineral mining with diverse plantings and habitat work, but it's probably just random luck. I also changed my mineral site a little over a year ago and thought I saw improved coat and less ticks shortly after implementing. Once again, probably seeing what I'm looking for.
It is a nice bachelor group. I thought I would be short on summer bucks this year because I know I lost 4 mature bucks last winter that frequented the place (2 to disease and 2 more that locked and died). Deer seem to fit my "best cover in the pond" idea where if you catch the most dominant bass out of the best cover the next in line becomes the most dominant and takes over the best cover void left by the one you caught.
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Post by Freeborn on Sept 16, 2020 13:17:30 GMT -6
I've been blown away by their bodies this year. I've seen a steady increase in what I would call a "healthy looking" buck over the last couple of years, but this year I have several on the place that look great per my standards. I would like to think it's due to all the efforts I've put into filling the nutrition gaps and mineral mining with diverse plantings and habitat work, but it's probably just random luck. I also changed my mineral site a little over a year ago and thought I saw improved coat and less ticks shortly after implementing. Once again, probably seeing what I'm looking for. It is a nice bachelor group. I thought I would be short on summer bucks this year because I know I lost 4 mature bucks last winter that frequented the place (2 to disease and 2 more that locked and died). Deer seem to fit my "best cover in the pond" idea where if you catch the most dominant bass out of the best cover the next in line becomes the most dominant and takes over the best cover void left by the one you caught. I agree the best buck will take over the best bedding spot on your land. I have a small peninsula on my place that abuts a marsh and that is typically where the dominate buck for the year is located. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Sept 17, 2020 7:50:36 GMT -6
That is an impressive picture! Good luck to you
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Post by Tooln on Sept 20, 2020 14:02:53 GMT -6
I got it but ain't telling. |
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Post by Tooln on Sept 20, 2020 14:04:11 GMT -6
Great bunch of pic Cat.
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Post by chummer16 on Sept 20, 2020 14:29:47 GMT -6
How high is your fence?
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Post by honker on Sept 20, 2020 15:13:00 GMT -6
Great pics Cat. That’s an impressive group. I like how they let the freshman hang out in the Varsity locker room for a couple of pics. That solo buck standing broadside looking back is a beauty.
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 20, 2020 16:20:36 GMT -6
That solo buck and these 2 are all built like tanks. Can't wait to see them with their rut bodies. I really don't think i can take credit (plots and nutrition strategies), but these are some the biggest bodied bucks I've ever seen on this place. The perimeter fences is the important one. Mostly 4 to 5 stand barbed wire... just over waist high.    |
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 20, 2020 19:33:07 GMT -6
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